Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) - Photo by Roy Harrington. There was an area with 15 rock wrens rock hopping/flitting around! They were in more spread out in other areas of the mesa.
Panamint Rattlesnake (Crotalus stephensi)
two very big Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
a grasshopper, possibly a Pallid-winged Grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis). There were thousands there! Dozens jumped out of the way with each step.
Five Checkered White Butterflies (Pontia protodice). This flowering Flaxleaf Monardella (mint family) was very popular. Other visitors were Northern White Skippers, Orange Sulphur butterflies, Acmon Blue butterflies, White Checkered Skipper, and Becker's White butterflies.
Coyote tracks in the snow show that coyotes are at Conglomerate Mesa too!
home of a woodrat
A Cactus Chimney Bee (Complex Diadasia australis) in seventh heaven in a Beavertail Pricklypear cactus flower.
A caterpillar on an Apricot mallow plant. Species unknown.
A rather large entrance to a burrow. Whose?
And there are animals that lived in the ancient seas here millions of years ago: brachiopods, crinoids, gastropods, sponges, corals, bryozoa, and fusulinids.
A dust bath and scat--both are evidence of rabbit. We observed deer scat at Conglomerate Mesa as well.
Western Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans)
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) posing.
Northern White Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)
The brown rice-like grains are fusulinids dating back 300 million years. Fusulinids were single-celled marine organisms with calcite "tests" or hard shell. They died out in the Permian Extinction.
Seven-spotted lady beetle.
Nest of a woodrat's home along with a few side exits/entrances.
